So I was surfing the web and remembered I had a blog. Life has been flying by since my last entry. I am officially heading to USD next fall for med school....woo hoo! Other than that I've been trying to finish strong in my studies here at USF. Life has been good.
I've done much thinking during my blog hiatus. Some of it has been political, much of it spiritual, and some personal. I'm saddened to see that our nation will not make needed changes in health care due to partisan squabbling....not that I think the bill offered was the best solution, but hey at least it was something! I hope that in the coming months Republicans can reach out with their own ideas to help make health care happen for us all. They say that they have had great ideas that have been ignored...well the time has come for them to speak up! Let's make something happen!
Spiritually, I've done a lot of thinking about who I am in relation to God. How do I struggle with the desire to sometimes take a hiatus from my daily spiritual life. Isn't it funny how the most life giving part of our lives is the part easiest to skip out on? Also, I've been reading Genesis a lot lately and am continually reminded of what a God lover looks like. Someone who is extremely flawed (See: Adam, Abraham, Jacob, etc), yet faithful. I pray that I can be a man of faith that others can learn from. I struggle at times to be a good example to others, it is so easy to conform to how others act just to be "a part of the group". I pray that the fact that I belong to something bigger...something better will spur me to be a non-conformist to the world. That my faith in Christ will be what others notice about me. Basically I'm discovering that God is a God who looks for chances to shatter our world's ideas about what life and power look like. He always points us to something better, to Him be the glory!
Personally, I've gotten back into weight lifting and cardio exercise. I've already added 15 pounds to my bench and about 30 to my squat. I hope to continue this into the summer in a goal to lose weight and body fat.
Hopefully, I will keep more current on this, I enjoy writing out my thoughts.
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Alan- you rock :) love you brother!
ReplyDeleteYou are not alone in feeling like the most important part of our lives (God) seems to get passed in place of other things. I think it is because we trust so much that God is always there for us that we forget what we owe to Him - our love, worship, dependency. The fact that you worry about being a man of faith proves that you are...if you did not care or did not worry about it then I would say you needed to rethink priorities. You are a great role model for other believers, but it is always good to work for more. We never want to become satisfied with just the way we are. I am proud of you and of who you are as a man of God. Keep up the great work and know that you are not alone!
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